Pollen germination capacity of Citrullus lanatus L., (Cucurbitaceae) in “hanging drop” technique was evaluated up to 48 weeks. The collected pollen were stored at different temperatures (4ºC, -20...

Mitreola yangchunensis Q. X. Ma, H. G. Ye & F. W. Xing sp nova from Guangdong province, China is described, illustrated, and compared with its congeners. It is somewhat similar to M. reticulate Tirel,...

2*, Q. HE2, S. FENG, YI WANG2, P.G. XIAO2, YIYU CHENG2* AND HABIB AHMED3...

Seed morphology of 8 species of the genus Cuscuta belonging to the family Cuscutaceae was examined using light and scanning electron microscopy. Seed morphological characters have been found useful to...

The flora in Turkey is an outstanding one in terms of its biodiversity and the variety of endemic plant species. In this study, efforts have been made to determine the current situation of Turkey in g...

Three northern forest sites of Iran viz., Neka, Paved; Amreh and Darabkola, unpaved roads were selected to determine the edge effects of forest roads on the annual ring growth of alder trees (Alnus gl...

Standardized ring-width chronologies of Pinus wallichiana A.B. Jackson and Pinus gerardiana Wall. ex Lamb., are presented, covering maximum period from AD 1300-2000 and 1400-2000AD respectively. These...

Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) was used for the first time to demonstrate the relationship among 28 accessions of 13 species belonging to 4 genera of Polygonaceae. Single primer was use...

2*, MUHAMMAD ASHRAF3, MIR AJAB KHAN, GHAZALAH YASMIN, NIGHAT SHAHEEN AND SHAZIA JABEEN4...

MUSTAFA KEMAL ALTUNOGLU1*, ERKAN TORAMAN2, MEHMET TEMEL2, ADEM BICAKCI1 AND MUSTAFA KARGIOGLU2...

The efficiency of three selection indices, viz., Smith-Hazel index (SHI), Desired gain index (DGI) and Base Index (BI) was compared for the improvement of an open pollinated sweet corn (Zea mays L. Sa...

Undesirable impact of herbicides on environment had led to the efforts to search for alternative of herbicides. Allelopathy and planting geometry are possible alternatives for achieving sustainable we...

Pre- and post-harvest physiology and quality responses of green pepper (Capsicum annuum L. cv ‘Standar p.13/0211003-01-Agris’) on exogenous Gibberellic acid-GA3 (100 μM), Prohexadione-Calcium (10...

Effect of planting techniques and weed-crop competition periods on yield potential of spring planted sugarcane variety HSF-240 was studied at the Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad, Paki...

ABDUL HAMEED SOLANGI1, BHUGRO MAL1, A.R. KAZMI1 AND M. ZAFAR IQBAL2...

The N-band patterns of heterochromatin distribution in tetraploid taxa of Hordeum marinum chromosomes was studied to identify general patterns or preferential sites for heterochromatin. An ideogram wa...

Ethnobotanical survey of Nara Desert, Sindh, Pakistan was carried out during 1998-2001. Local inhabitants are extremely knowledgeable about the utilization of indigenous flora of the study area. They ...

The effect of sodium benzoate (SB) and potassium metabisulphite (PMS) at various concentrations on chemical, microbiological and sensory quality of mango pulp during storage was assessed. Inhibitory a...

A field experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of a symbiotic nitrogen fixing bacterium Bradyrhizobium japonicum strain TAL-102 and a commercial biofertlizer EM (effective microorganisms) ...

A rapid and efficient protocol for induction of multiple shoots from nodal explants of an ornamental woody shrub, Clerodendrum incisum L., var. macrosiphon was developed. Nodal explants were inoculate...

This study was undertaken to standardize an efficient and effective protocol for callus induction, subsequent growth and regeneration in three Pakistani rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties viz., GNY-53, ...

Seeds of Lepidium sativum L., Linum usitatissimum L., Plantago ovata Forssk., and Trigonella foenum-graecum L. were tested in 0.05 (Control)...

Ten wheat genotypes viz., Inqilab-91, AS-2002, GA-2002, Manthar, Ufaq-2002, 00125, 00055, 01180, 00183 and 99022 were planted on November 10...

Future high levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide will increase biomass production of terrestrial plants, however depletion of soil mineral nutrients may act as a negative feedback to increased growth....

Due to rapid depletion of soil potassium (K) and increasing cost of K fertilizers in Pakistan, the K-use efficient crop genotypes become very important for agricultural sustainability. However, limite...

The aim of this study was to investigate the biochemical, physiological and morphological responses of rice cultivars to iso-osmotic water deficit and salt stress. Seedlings of three rice cultivars we...

Potassium uptake rate of two cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) varieties viz., NIBGE-2 and MNH-786 was investigated in nutrient solution culture having deficient K @ 0.3 mM and deficient K+ Na @ 0.3 +2.7...

Additive, dominance and epistasis components of genetic variation for yield and some yield related traits were assessed through modified triple test cross technique in Basmati rice. Epistasis was foun...

Two phytohormones, auxins (Naphthalene acetic acid and Indole acetic acid) and cytokinins (Benzylaminopurine and Kinetin) with concentrations were used to develop an efficient regeneration protocol fo...

A study was carried out in National Agriculture Research Centre, Islamabad during autumn 2004 and 2005 to determine the variability and association among 9 traits in 139 soybean genotypes. The traits ...

Drought stress is a major abiotic constraint limiting crop production world wide. In current study, we investigated the adverse effects of drought stress on growth, yield and endogenous phytohormones ...

Allelopathic screening of 81 medicinal plant species, collected from North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Pakistan, was carried out to identify significantly higher allelopathic species for future phyt...

The objective of this study was to observe the change in frequency of resistance gene (Rpg4) to Pseudomonas syringae pv. Glycinae (Psg) between the ancestors and public soybean cultivars. A comparison...

To improve the oil quality of the available sunflower genotypes by exploiting heterosis-breeding program. Four Cytoplasmic Male Sterile lines TS-17, TS-18, TS-228, TS-335 and four Restorer lines 291RG...

Currants cultivation has increased its popularity in Turkey due to the use of more currants in Turkish cuisine. To provide farmers with well adapted currants cultivars, some currants cultivars have be...

DNA profiles from 10 Pakistani wheat genotypes were evaluated for diversity assessment based on RAPD markers. A total of 79 DNA fragments were generated by 10 RAPD primers, with an average of 7.9 band...

The present study was carried out to determine the type of gene action, genetic parameters of yield and other quantitative traits by crossing 8 diverse maize inbred lines in complete diallel fashion. ...

This study was conducted to assess the vegetation communities of the open urban spaces viz., green belts, gardens and parks of Islamabad city. A total of 162 plant species representing 137 genera and ...

cpr5 is predicted to be a putative transmembrane protein involved in several cellular processes, including signal transduction plant defense and trichome development. The mutation of the cpr5 gene inc...

To elucidate the competitive ability of various cultivars of wheat with wild oats, field trials were established at NWFP Agricultural University, Peshawar, Pakistan for two crop seasons i.e. 2004-05 a...

The studies determining genetic variability and heritability in upland cotton were carried out in a randomized complete block (RCB) design with three replications during 2008 at the NWFP Agricultural ...

Studies were carried out to find out a suitable and standard protocol for plant regeneration of 2 exotic and 6 locally cultivated varieties of ginger viz., Fulbaria, Syedpuri, Chittagongi, Jangli, Ind...

Morphological features of seeds of 9 species of Campanula L., section Quinqueloculares (Boiss.) Phitos (Campanulaceae) which are distributed in Turkey were investigated by scanning electron microscopy...

Stability analysis was carried out to study stability in performance and genotype x environment interactions for 18 maize hybrids across three locations of NWFP i.e., Agricultural University Peshawar ...

The present study is focused on the optimization of culture media and explant density of apical and nodal segments of two potato cultivars for In vitro microtuber production. Fifty media manipulations...

The current study envisages producing Lilium regale plants on a large scale, employing cost-effective in-vitro protocols. The effect of various concentrations and types of plant growth regulators were...

Myricaria laxiflora is a shrub and also an endemic, rare and endangered plant species in Three Gorges Reservoir Area. It is of highly immersion resistant and soil selective. In this paper, the probabl...

This study describes the option of using domestic tea waste in soil contaminated with the Cr3+ trace metal due to industrial and mine activity, continuously discharging in the land and aquatic resourc...

The present paper reports the occurrence of 17 species of Chaetoceros including two varieties from the northwestern Arabian Sea shelf of Pakistan and deep sea vicinity. C. coarctatus was the most comm...

The present study describes the environmental profile of the River Chenab at Marala Headworks regarding physico-chemical characterization and particle size distribution. Water samples from the selecte...

Caralluma a genus of the family Asclepiadaceae is an important medicinal and threatened succulent plant in Pakistan. Ethnobotanically, it is being used either to cure diabetes and fat accumulation or ...

A survey of motorway (M-2) roadside vegetation and soils was undertaken. In this study, phytosociological survey using Braun-Blanquet’s approach was undertaken. The floristic data were analyzed by t...

Syrphid flies are very important group of insects in ecosystem from viewpoint of pollination and biological control. Floral host preference of 15 most abundant syrphid fly species was assessed towards...

Seven blue-green and 3 green algae were collected from various freshwater habitats of Sindh, (Pakistan), during January 1997-December 1999. Their methanol extracts revealed 17 saturated...

Seasonal variations of phytoplankton composition and density of Lake Sapanca, were investigated on the littoral and pelagic sample station points between December 1999 and February 2001. Samples were ...

Sequential culture fermentation by Arachniotus sp. at 35oC for 72 h and followed by Candida utilis fermentation at 35oC for 72 h more resulted in higher production of microbial biomass protein. 6% (w/...

The present study describes the isolation, identification and screening of fugal strain Rhizopus oligosporus (var. microsporus) for the production of extracellular lipases. One hundred and sixty seven...

Plants genotypes possess different phenotypic and/or biochemical properties, which resultantly induce in them different mechanisms of resistance. These mechanisms enable the plants to avoid, tolerate ...

Protoplast cultures are essential commodity for transformation and this can be achieved through electroporation and somatic hybridization. Like other monocot systems, embryogenic cell suspension is th...

To investigate the effect of Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. and Datura alba Nees extracts used as soil drenching and seed of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) and okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) were treate...

Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal is known to possess medicinal properties. Medicinal plants harbour endophytic mycoflora. Only a few plants have been studied for their endophyte biodiversity and their po...

Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is an important fruit tree of the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Presently, the mango orchards in Pakistan are badly infected with the destructive and laten...

NASRULLAH1, M. SHARIF1*, K. RUBINA2 AND T. BURNI3...

The sporocarp formation by a species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus, Glomus monosporum (Gerd.) Trappe has been reported in sheathing leaf bases of decaying wheat stumps. For this purpose wheat stump...

The effect of four regimes of irrigation on physiological and morphological characteristics of sunflower hybrids was studied at National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad, Pakistan. The f...

The antifungal activity of legume seed extracts was tested against 6 fungi, viz., Trichophyton longifusus, Candida albicans, Aspergilus flavus, Microsporum canis, Fusarium solani and Candida glaberata...

The physiochemical properties and fatty acid (FA) composition of oil from seeds of 4 cowpea cultivars viz., Elite, CP1, White Star and SA dandy, commonly grown in Pakistan, were investigated. Oil cont...

A study was conducted to evaluate the ecotypic difference in salinity tolerance in two halophytic grass species Aeluropus lagopoides and Sporobolus ioclados from the Cholistan Desert, Pakistan in a hy...

The premier purpose of the present investigation was to appraise the impact of season and the sampling period, the transport of K from soils and forages to sheep grazing in the semi-arid region of Pu...

A field experiment was conducted under semi-arid climatic conditions to evaluate the response of pressmud in combination with inorganic fertilizers and alone (only inorganic fertilizers) on the yield ...

FARHAT F. JAMIL*, MUHAMMAD SARWAR1, NIGHAT SARWAR1, JUNAID A. KHAN1, M. HAYAT ZAHID1, SUMAIRA YOUSAF1, HAFIZ M. IMRAN ARSHAD1 AND IKRAM-UL-HAQ1...

The present study was designed to evaluate the preventive and curative cardioprotective potential of native and gemmotherapeutically treated on the basis of biochemical, histopathological and antioxid...

The outer epidermal layer of the cotton ovule may differentiate in vitro to form a mass of white fluffy fibers in an appropriate liquid medium. The in vitro cultured fibers provide a model for studyin...